Well mp3 encoding isn't really what represents sequencing is it? logic and live benchmarks would be very much more helpful in that regard,,...
still, do you think they'll perform better than the previous ones (which were said to be quite awful with regards to audio)?

FORMAT wrote:
Well mp3 encoding isn't really what represents sequencing is it? logic and live benchmarks would be very much more helpful in that regard,,...
still, do you think they'll perform better than the previous ones (which were said to be quite awful with regards to audio)?

FORMAT

I think they will. Sequencing at its core is computationally intensive work - just like MP3 encoding - and I would sure like to try one of these new machines out soon.

FORMAT wrote:
Well mp3 encoding isn't really what represents sequencing is it? logic and live benchmarks would be very much more helpful in that regard,,...
still, do you think they'll perform better than the previous ones (which were said to be quite awful with regards to audio)?

FORMAT

I think they will. Sequencing at its core is computationally intensive work - just like MP3 encoding - and I would sure like to try one of these new machines out soon.

Yon,
do you think that the memory subsystem on the new 667/800s will be more positive for sequencers, and will the L3 cache change anything in terms of performance?? This is the heart of the matter I think...

I tried today the new 667. my wife got it for live vjing as well video editing...naturally i immediately installed live 1.5. i did the cpu test
that was launched in the forum...
results: at bar 1 cpu was 4%
at bar 17 31%
this with internal sound manager. no external audio device.
i was expecting more to be honest...
same set up with my 550 is 6% and 41% wich sucks, i know. i was expecting a lot more performing powerbook.

What forum cpu test are you refering to? I just got the 800Mhz Tibook w/1gig RAM. I have not seen the forum cpu test but running the v1.5 session demo at 93 samples (2ms latency) the cpu stayed at or below 28% and adding afew plugins did not seem to raise it noticeably. I used sound manager.
At 49 samples or less I started to get a few pops so although 1ms latency is possible it is not useable.
Anyone else?